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"Decentralized" is always an anti-feature in products like these. It always ends up as a lot of cost for little user benefit. A centralized server always works
by ggg9990 9y ago
"Decentralized" is always an anti-feature in products like these. It always ends up as a lot of cost for little user benefit. A centralized server always works better and is easier to deploy and support.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoSandstorm.io (and similar decentralized app platforms) was literally made for when you have a niche little app you want to self-host, without all the effort of self-hosting that app. :) Probably a good example use case here. That being said, it looks like it attempts to go peer to peer and only uses the server if it has to?
- bsimpson 9y agoIs it peer-to-peer as in a direct connection between me and my colleague, or is it a mesh that includes strangers? If it can work between just me and my colleague, that feels more likely to be secure. I have no idea how sniffable or spoofable their protocol is, but it's a lot harder to man-in-the-middle if there's no middle.
- ggg9990 9y agoIt’s a direct connection, but you can have a secure central server on your own hardware. It may not be secure against the NSA or whatever but it’s a lot more usable than trying to punch through NAT and whatnot.